"World XI side to play three Twenty20 International matches against Pakistan in the 2017 Independence Cup in Lahore. During a Test match between South Africa and Sri Lanka on 7 August 2006, Australian TEN Sports commentator Dean Jones referred to Amla as a ""terrorist"" after he had taken a catch; after incorrectly assuming that broadcasting switched to a commercial break, he had said ""The terrorist gets another wicket"". The broadcast was aired around the world, including South Africa, and he was subsequently widely condemned by South African fans, players and several former cricketers and commentators, leading to the channel terminating"
"test captain (although Ashwell Prince had it temporarily), ahead of the Sri Lanka tour following Graeme Smith's retirement. Amla captained his side to a historic victory against Sri Lanka in his first test series as captain. He continued to make domestic appearances for Surrey when other commitments allowed. In January 2015, he was named the player of the series in a bilateral series against West Indies. In August 2015, he won Man of the match against New Zealand for his match winning century. He was included in the Boland cricket team squad for the 2015 Africa T20 Cup. In January"
"South African cricket team against Pakistan in the UAE in 2013–14 The South Africa and Pakistan national cricket teams toured the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from 14 October to 15 November 2013. The tour included two Tests, five One Day Internationals (ODIs) and two Twenty20 Internationals (T20I) South African captain, Graeme Smith, who was playing his first Test after recovery from his ankle injury, won the toss and elected to bat first. Jacques Kallis was also playing his first Test since last February. Hashim Amla's partnerships of 61 runs for the fourth wicket with AB de Villiers (19), and 95"
"the Indian Premier League. He is the assistant coach of the delhi daredevils in the Indian premier league. Pravin Amre Pravin Kalyan Amre (; born 14 August 1968) is an Indian cricketer who represented the Indian cricket team between 1991 and 1999. He played 11 Test matches and 37 ODI's. At the domestic level, Amre played for various teams such as Mumbai, Railways, Rajasthan and Bengal, while also playing in South Africa for Boland. His score of 246 for Rest of India against Bengal remains the highest score by any batsman in the Irani Trophy. His coach, Ramakant Achrekar, who"
"Aamer Hanif Aamer Hanif (born October 4, 1967, in Lahore, Punjab) is a former Pakistani cricketer who played five ODIs between 1993 and 1995. All five of his international matches came against Sri Lanka although there was a two-year gap between his first match and the four other matches he played for his country. His international debut in 1993 consisted of trapping opening batsman Asanka Gurusinha lbw and making an unbeaten 17 to help his side win the match. He didn't receive another call-up until two years later when the touring team was Sri Lanka again. He played in four"
"Aamer Hameed Aamer Hameed (born 18 October 1954, in Lahore, Punjab) is a former Pakistani cricketer, known as The Lahori Lion who played two ODIs between 1977 and 1978. His primary skill was a fast-medium pace bowler. Both his international matches came against England during the 1977/78 home series. He only picked up one wicket in his two games dismissing Mike Brearley at the Zafar Ali Stadium. He was picked for the summer tour of England in 1978 although he didn't receive a call-up during the series and eventually was never considered for international selection for the remainder of his"
"South Africa (1991), Zimbabwe (1998), Namibia (1998), India (2000), Pakistan (2000), Sri Lanka (2002), United Arab Emirates (2004), Wales (2007), France (2007), Guernsey (2007), Singapore (2013), Malaysia (2017). Test matches are usually played in a group of matches called a ""series"" featuring two to four nations. These series can consist of three to five matches and where more than two nations are involved, may also include a finals series. Matches played at World Cup events are also considered Test matches. International competition is also organised for juniors and masters age groups. The matches are considered Test matches within their respective"
"as a ""terrorist"" on 7 August 2006. When Amla, who is a Muslim with a full beard, took a catch, Jones was heard to say ""the terrorist gets another wicket"". Jones made the comment during a commercial break, but the comment went to air live in South Africa as its broadcast had not been interrupted. He apologised to all concerned. Dean Jones (cricketer) Dean Mervyn Jones AM (born 24 March 1961) is a former Australian cricketer, who played Tests and One Day Internationals for Australia. Although he could boast an excellent record in Test cricket, Jones is best remembered for"
"the third match against Bangladesh, replacing Hashim Amla. He made his ODI debut for South Africa against Bangladesh on 22 October 2017, scored 66 runs and took 2 wickets. In December 2017, he scored his second Test hundred and became the first South Africa player to score two centuries in his first three Tests. In February 2018, South Africa's captain Faf du Plessis was ruled out of the last five ODIs and the Twenty20 International (T20I) series against India due to a finger injury. Markram was named as South Africa's captain for the remaining ODI fixtures in du Plessis' absence."
"career. Aamer Hameed Aamer Hameed (born 18 October 1954, in Lahore, Punjab) is a former Pakistani cricketer, known as The Lahori Lion who played two ODIs between 1977 and 1978. His primary skill was a fast-medium pace bowler. Both his international matches came against England during the 1977/78 home series. He only picked up one wicket in his two games dismissing Mike Brearley at the Zafar Ali Stadium. He was picked for the summer tour of England in 1978 although he didn't receive a call-up during the series and eventually was never considered for international selection for the remainder of"
"Hashim Amla and Imraan Khan. Gobind made his first-class debut in a 2001/02 SuperSport Series match against Northerns; opening the batting for KwaZulu-Natal, he made scores of 36 and 4. In the 2005/06 season, Gobind captained the KwaZulu-Natal side. He moved up the Dolphins batting order to open the batting, and in a match for Dolphins against Cape Cobras, Gobind and Hashim Amla made a partnership of 201. Dolphins won the match. In a 2007/08 List A match for KwaZulu-Natal against Eastern Province, Gobind carried his bat with a score of 30* from 84 balls. In 2012, Gobind was appointed"
"the Asian (Subcontinent) community, though the latter were not able to compete in top-level South African cricket in the apartheid era. Since the end of the apartheid era, a higher proportion of white players have come from Afrikaans-speaking backgrounds, and attempts have been made to increase the number of non-white players, in part through a quota system. The current national team features prominent non-white players, such as Kagiso Rabada, Hashim Amla (the first Muslim to play for South Africa), Keshav Maharaj, Temba Bavuma Vernon Philander, Lungi Ngidi, Junior Dala, and Imran Tahir. Afrikaners in the team include AB de Villiers,"
"all their specialist batsman (none scored less than 17) ensured they reached Sri Lanka's target with eight balls to spare. Hashim Amla followed up his century in the first match of the series with a half-century (55 off 58 balls), while JP Duminy top scored and won the man of the match award, with 66 not out off 87 balls. South Africa were without two of their key batsman as they looked to gain a series-winning 3–0 lead in Bloemfontein. Vice-captain Hashim Amla took paternal leave while veteran all-rounder Jacques Kallis was rested. Colin Ingram and Alviro Petersen took their"
"has scored 410 runs in 11 matches with a strike rate of 126.54. Amla was picked in 2016 Indian Premier League (IPL) by the Kings XI Punjab as a replacement for Shaun Marsh, after the latter's injury. Since then, he has proved to be an integral part of the team's batting lineup. He has scored 577 runs in 16 matches, which included two centuries and three half-centuries. In 2018 IPL auction Amla went unsold in spite of making 577 runs with 2 centuries at an average of 44.38. In October 2018, he was named in Durban Heat's squad for the"
"Angelo Mathews, Sri Lanka whitewashed Australia 3-0 for the first time in Test cricket. Until 2017, Sri Lanka had whitewashed Zimbabwe three times, Bangladesh once and Australia once in Test cricket. Sri Lanka played their first day-night Test match on 6 October 2017 against Pakistan at Dubai International Cricket Stadium. Under the captaincy of Dinesh Chandimal, Sri Lanka convincingly won the match by 68 runs and sweep the series 2-0. In the match, Dimuth Karunaratne became the first Sri Lankan to score a fifty, a century and a 150 in a day-night Test. Lahiru Gamage, who debut in the match"
"Amal Silva Sampathwaduge Amal Rohitha Silva (born December 12, 1960, in Moratuwa) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who played in 9 Tests and 20 ODIs from 1983 to 1988. He was a left-handed wicketkeeper batsman and opened the batting for Sri Lanka. Amal Silva is a past student of Prince of Wales' College, Moratuwa and St Peter's College, Colombo From when he made his Test debut against New Zealand, Silva was in a battle with Guy de Alwis for first choice gloveman. Due to an injury to de Alwis in 1984, Silva toured England with Sri Lanka aiming to"
"proved his worth by winning the tournament. Jimmy Hansra Amarbir Singh ""Jimmy"" Hansra (born 29 December 1984) is a Canadian cricketer born in Ludhiana, India. He is a middle-order batsman and occasional offspinner. He began playing cricket at a very young age at school, and had an interest in the sport throughout his childhood. He has said that his father, who also has a passion for cricket, laid the foundations for his profound interest in cricket. Hansra was announced as captain for the Canada national cricket team starting his captaincy for the ICC Americas' T20 Tournament taking place 17–25 July"
"in 1st and 3rd T20I respectively. Pakistan won the series 3–0. During a Test match against England in May 2018, Azam was struck on the arm without padding by a bouncer from Ben Stokes, when he was batting on 68. After an X-ray examination, it was confirmed that Azam had a fracture in his left wrist with a broken forearm. As a result of this injury, he missed 4 to 6 weeks of cricket for rest and recuperation. In November 2018, in the second Test against New Zealand, Azam scored his first century in Test cricket. Babar was bought by"
"Amjad Khan (cricketer, born 1980) Amjad Khan (born 14 October 1980) is a former England Test cricketer. Born and raised in Denmark, of Pakistani descent, he is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast-medium bowler. To date, he is the only person born in Denmark to play Test cricket. Khan, at the age of 17, is the youngest person ever to play for Denmark, the country of his birth. In his first full season at Kent County Cricket Club, in 2002, he claimed 63 wickets. He failed to regain his form for the next two seasons, taking a combined total"
"has hosted the most Tests, and also has the second-largest seating capacity of any cricket stadium in the world, being capable of holding more than 66,000 spectators. Founded in 1864, it is one of the most historical stadiums in India, having hosted numerous historical and controversial matches. Other major stadiums in India include the Feroz Shah Kotla, which was established in 1883 and hosted memorable matches including Anil Kumble's ten wickets in an innings haul against Pakistan. For the last two years, the ground has been undergoing renovation. The Bombay Gymkhana hosted the first ever Test match in India which"
"Adams, who initially enjoyed series wins against Zimbabwe and Pakistan. However, a 3–1 defeat by England and a 5–0 whitewash by Australia saw him replaced by Carl Hooper for the 2000–01 visit by South Africa. By the time Lara was restored to the captaincy in 2002–03, series had been lost to South Africa, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, New Zealand and India. The only series win of note was against India (although Zimbabwe and Bangladesh were also beaten) as the West Indies plummeted to eighth place in the world-rankings, below all the other established Test nations. After losing the first series of"
"from the front and scoring 108, his first century against Australia. He would also share a partnership with Hashim Amla. In December 2008 he captained the first South African side that won a test series against Australia on their soil, in the course inflicting the first home defeat on the opponents in 16 years. On 7 January 2009, in the third test of the series, Smith received a standing ovation from the crowd when he batted in the second innings despite a broken hand in an attempt to save the Third Test. He fell with ten balls remaining and Australia"
"to South Africa. The ICC reinstated South Africa as a Test nation in 1991 after the deconstruction of apartheid, and the team played its first sanctioned match since 1970 (and its first ever One-Day International) against India in Calcutta on 10 November 1991. Cricket was traditionally popular among English-speaking whites, and the Asian/Indian community, though the latter were not able to compete in top level South African cricket in the Apartheid era. Since the end of the Apartheid era a higher proportion of white players have come from Afrikaans-speaking backgrounds like Lance Klusener, Kepler Wessels, Hansie Cronje, Allan Donald, Boeta"
"played over four days with slight differences in format from men's Tests. Test matches are the highest level of cricket, although, statistically, their data form part of first-class cricket. Matches are played between national representative teams with ""Test status"", as determined by the International Cricket Council. , twelve national teams have Test status, the most recently promoted being Afghanistan and Ireland on 22 June 2017. Zimbabwe's Test status was voluntarily suspended, because of poor performances between 2006 and 2011; it returned to competition in August 2011. In January 2014, during an ICC meeting in Dubai, the pathway for new potential"
"Akram Raza Mohammad Akram Raza (Urdu: محمد اکرم رضا) (born 1964) is a former Pakistani cricketer who played in 9 Tests and 49 ODIs from 1989 to 1995. born 29 November 1964, Lahore, Punjab, Raza began his domestic cricket career for Lahore City at the age of 16. In 1989 he made his international debut for Pakistan in a one-day international match against Australia. He made his final appearance for Pakistan in February 1995 having played in nine Tests and 49 one day internationals. Raza was named in a 2000 corruption report by Justice Malik Mohammad Qayyum resulting in a"
"against Zimbabwe. He made his ODI debut on 8 July 2017 at the Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium in the fourth ODI against Zimbabwe, but did not able to take a wicket. In February 2018, he was named in Sri Lanka's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against Bangladesh, but he did not play. In May 2018, he was named in Sri Lanka's Test squad for their series against the West Indies. In December 2018, he was named in Sri Lanka team for the 2018 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup. Asitha Fernando Asitha Fernando (born 31 July 1997) is"
"Aminul Islam (cricketer, born 1968) Mohammad Aminul Islam () (born 2 February 1968, in Dhaka) is a former Bangladeshi cricket captain who played in 13 Tests and 39 ODIs from 1988 to 2002. Aminul scored the first hundred for the Bangladesh cricket team when Bangladesh played their first Test against India thus becoming only the third cricketer after Charles Bannerman and Dave Houghton to score centuries on their own and their country’s test debut. He was one of Bangladesh's most celebrated cricketers in the pre-Test-status era. Just two years after quitting soccer due to an injury, Aminul Islam (commonly known"
"Jimmy Hansra Amarbir Singh ""Jimmy"" Hansra (born 29 December 1984) is a Canadian cricketer born in Ludhiana, India. He is a middle-order batsman and occasional offspinner. He began playing cricket at a very young age at school, and had an interest in the sport throughout his childhood. He has said that his father, who also has a passion for cricket, laid the foundations for his profound interest in cricket. Hansra was announced as captain for the Canada national cricket team starting his captaincy for the ICC Americas' T20 Tournament taking place 17–25 July 2011 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, where he"
"ODI series against Bangladesh in 2017, he along with Hashim Amla set the highest record ODI runstand for South Africa with an unbeaten partnership of 282 runs. This is also the highest ever partnership in One-Day Internationals without losing any wickets. In February 2014, de Kock made his Test debut for South Africa, scoring seven runs in the first innings and 34 runs in the second innings against Australia at St George's Oval in Port Elizabeth. In January 2016, when South Africa was losing the home Test series against England, De Kock was recalled to the Test side for the"
"one-day matches not having much effect apart from in the third match of a three-match series when he scored his highest score of 36 not out and taking three wickets in a four wicket defeat to Sri Lanka. His performances weren't enough to merit a future call-up and he retired in 2005 from professional cricket with just five one-day international appearances to his name. Aamer Hanif Aamer Hanif (born October 4, 1967, in Lahore, Punjab) is a former Pakistani cricketer who played five ODIs between 1993 and 1995. All five of his international matches came against Sri Lanka although there"
"the third Test player - after Walter Hadlee and Lala Amarnath - to have two sons play Test cricket: Shaun Marsh, who made his test debut against Sri Lanka in 2011; and Mitchell Marsh, who made his test debut against Pakistan in 2014. The Marsh family took in the family of England cricketer Tom Curran in Zimbabwe after the Curran Family were evicted from their farm. Curran made his England test debut in the 4th ashes test of 2017 playing against Shaun and Mitchell who played for Australia in the same game. Geoff Marsh daughter Melissa Marsh played state basketball"
"Council (ICC) for three breaches of the ICC Anti-Corruption Code. Nuwan Zoysa Demuni Nuwan Tharanga Zoysa (born 13 May 1978 in Colombo), or Nuwan Zoysa, is a former Sri Lankan cricketer. He was a tall left-arm seam bowler, who played 30 Tests and 95 ODIs for Sri Lanka. Nuwan was educated at Isipathana College, Colombo. In his eighth Test, Zoysa became the first player in the history to take a hat-trick off his first three balls of a Test match. He achieved this against Zimbabwe at Harare in November 1999, dismissing Trevor Gripper, Murray Goodwin and Neil Johnson. Zoysa made"
"Asim Kamal Mohammad Asim Kamal (born 31 May 1976 in Karachi) is a Test cricketer for the national team of Pakistan who scored 99 against South Africa on his Test debut. Kamal has played 12 Tests (20 innings) since his debut. Kamal has made 87 against Australia, and a 91 and 73 against India. Kamal has scored 8 half centuries. He has also taken 10 catches. Kamal has played against Australia, the West Indies, India, Sri Lanka, South Africa and England. Kamal's strike rate is 47 runs per 100 balls.He was very good batsman but he got no chance to"